A Cornell University professor said that the Fraternal Order of Police is “a terrorist organization” at a Black Lives Matter protest in Ithaca, New York on Friday. He also stated that that he thinks organizations like the FOP exist to rationalize, protect and justify a racist system.
Calls to action at the Ithaca Rally included defunding the Ithaca Police Departmrnt and the selling of the SWAT truck because “it’s been useful terror” and used for “intimidation.”
The protest was in response to the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, reports The Ithaca Voice.
Castile was shot by a police officer on Wednesday in Falcon Heights, Minnesota — 1,074 miles from Ithaca. Sterling was shot by a police officer on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — 1,395 miles from Ithaca.
The professor is Russell Rickford. Rickford previously stated that white people were ready to commit race suicide.